Monthly Archives: June 2015

Greetings from us of the unfashionable footwear; gremlins prevented last month’s edition getting into the hard copy & was only published online. So please excuse me e-readers if you recognise some bits from last month. Paul Flint was so heart broken at not getting his name into print that I was concerned for his mental […]

Tideswell & District Community Association Below are the 200+ Club draw results for June 2015 £50 – 244, £25 – 039, £20 – 059, £10 – 156, £10 – 099, £10 – 263 Congratulations to all the winners. If you would like to join in the draw please contact either Dorothy Whitehouse on 871661 or […]

Wakes brought Tideswell Singers andand new readings reflecting on the church carvings from the Players. Members of the choir also entertained cyclists as they rode through Headstone Tunnel as part of the vintage cycling event, L’Eroica. Tideswell Singers have been invited to give a similar concert in in St Hugh’s Parish Church, Foolow at 7:30, Wednesday 15 July. We sang there a couple […]

Bishop Pursglove is a ‘GOOD’ school! We are pleased to announce the result of our recent Ofsted inspection. Under the new rigorous and robust criteria we were judged to be a ‘GOOD’ school. This is due to the positive attitude of the pupils who thoroughly engage with their learning and as a result make great […]

Inspiration was lacking for this month’s article. We did have two pleasant walks to Monks Dale and Cressbrook however not much happened on either and repeated description of familiar places isn’t interesting. Timely indeed was the arrival of the friendly village gardener who said helpfully that if she were to accompany us on future walks […]

The Tideswell Allotments Association Open Show will be on Saturday, 22 August, in the St. John’s Institute. Please note the change of venue due to the proposed work at the Fountain Square Church Hall this summer. This is a very friendly local show – open to anyone growing their own flowers and vegetables, baking or […]

The foundation is a charity which has a small amount of money available each year to distribute as grants to students at university or colleges of higher education (18+) to help with books or equipment relevant to their course. The charity’s requirement is that the student’s home when not away at University is in the […]

If you love opera, prepare for a Sunday afternoon extravaganza – Rossini’s William Tell – live from the Royal Opera House at Tideswell Cinema on Sunday July 5 at 2.45pm. Based on the story of Swiss hero William Tell who longs to liberate his people from Austrian occupation, the music is soaring, majestic and fiercely […]

Thanks to everyone who supports people in crisis in the local community by donating to High Peak Foodbank. This month we particularly need: UHT milk, rice, adult toothbrushes and toothpaste, tinned vegetables, loo roll, dried packet meals, coffee and plastic shopping bags. There is a box at the back of St John’s Parish Church, Tideswell, […]

I am sure the last think you want to be thinking about as we head into July is Christmas, but the truth is it will be here before you know it! This year Tideswell Parish Council are again investing in Lights and Trees to make the Village look nice and festive. If anyone has any […]

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